Kathrin
given name · Latin script
Meaning: ) Katrin; Cathrin; Catrín: weibl
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Kathrin is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the 16th most common given name.
- BYBelarus≈1 in 41as Екатерина(inferred from the name graph)
- CZCzechia1 in 45as Kateřina
- RURussia≈1 in 54as Екатерина
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kathrin itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Russia (inferred from the name graph)
- #18 (measured from records)
- 9 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 624 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 41 (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,600,000 named Екатерина, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Belarus, est., as Екатерина
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Екатерина in RU Russia, BY Belarus, CN China, Ekaterina in CZ Czechia, MD Moldova, Catherine in US United States and Катерина in UA Ukraine.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
) Katrin; Cathrin; Catrín: weibl.
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kathrin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | #16 | ≈2,600,000 est. | ≈1 in 54 | #13 | Екатерина | 287 |
| CN China | — | ≈2,100,000 est. | ≈1 in 668 | — | Екатерина | 76 |
| UA Ukraine | #25 | ≈550,000 est. | ≈1 in 79 | listed | Катерина | 160 |
| US United States | #29 | 470,588as Katherine | 1 in 707 | 470K | Catherine | 624 |
| FR France | — | ≈260,000 est. | ≈1 in 264 | 395K | Ekaterine | 80 |
| CZ Czechia | #503 | 236,254as Kateřina | 1 in 45 | 236K | Ekaterina | 62 |
| BY Belarus | #14 | ≈230,000 est. | ≈1 in 41 | 16 | Екатерина | 70 |
| MD Moldova | #444 | 43,869as Ecaterina | 1 in 77 | 44K | Ekaterina | 31 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); MVČR — living population register 2017; Universal Dependencies Belarusian-HSE Corpus — Person Names (UD_Belarusian-HSE); e-services.md — living population register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kathrin Schmidtb. 1958DEGerman writer
- Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoffb. 1960DEGerman equestrian
- Kathrin Neimkeb. 1966DEEast German shot putter
- Kathrin Boronb. 1969DEGerman rower
- Kate Beckinsaleb. 1973GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actress (born 1973)
- Kathrin Kühnelb. 1977DEGerman actress (born 1977)
- Kathrin Klaasb. 1984DEGerman hammer thrower
- Kathrin Wörleb. 1984DEGerman tennis player
- Kathrin Zettelb. 1986ATAustrian alpine skier
- Kathrin Hendrichb. 1992DEGerman footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 50 sources across 28 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.8K | #8,000 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 58 | #1,794 |
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 29 | #1,632 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 29 | #1,662 |
| MD Moldova | e-services.md — living population register | — | 13 | #2,496 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 5 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2 | #8,000 |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kathrin mean, and where does it come from?
- ) Katrin; Cathrin; Catrín: weibl. Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen.
- In which country does Kathrin have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.6 million people named Екатерина in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
- Is Kathrin a male or female name?
- Kathrin is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Kathrin?
- In the etymology graph, Karen, Kathleen and Catherine are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Katharina and Katrin.
- How common is the name Kathrin?
- In the United States, the national register counted 470,588 people named Katherine in 2020, about 1 in 707 residents.
- How common is Kathrin compared with other names?
- In Russia, Kathrin is the 16th most common given name of 472,143 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kathrinThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kathrin” — the 16th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.